Protein kinase D: a family affair.

abstract：:The ability of (S)-alpha-methylproline (alpha-MePro) to stabilise reverse-turn conformations in the peptide hormone bradykinin (BK = Arg1-Pro2-Pro3-Gly4-Phe5-Ser6-Pro7-Phe8-Arg9) has been investigated. Two BK analogues containing alpha-MePro at position 3 or position 7 were synthesised and their conformations in aqueo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Welsh JH,Zerbe O,von Philipsborn W,Robinson JA

更新日期：1992-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that p21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) phosphorylates estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) at Ser 305 and also promotes its transactivation function. Here, we sought to investigate whether substitution of serine 305 in ER with glutamic acid (ER alpha-S305E), which mimics the phosphorylation state, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Balasenthil S,Barnes CJ,Rayala SK,Kumar R

更新日期：2004-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Human liver contains hydrolytic activity toward 3 beta-glucosido-chenodeoxycholic acid. This beta-glucosidase activity, localized predominantly in the microsomal fraction, was optimally active in the presence of divalent metal ions close to pH 5.0 and was inhibited by EDTA. Kinetic parameters and other catalytic prope...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matern H,Gartzen R,Matern S

更新日期：1992-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ca(2+)-activated photoprotein, aequorin, contains six tryptophan residues and has a bioluminescence emission maximum at 465 nm. On converting the six tryptophan residues to phenylalanine, the mutant aequorins exhibited varied luminescence activities and spectra, but one mutant, with tryptophan-86 replaced by pheny...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ohmiya Y,Ohashi M,Tsuji FI

更新日期：1992-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The D- and L-forms of an alpha-helical antifreeze polypeptide (AFP) have been chemically synthesized. Circular dichroism spectra of the molecules show equal and opposite ellipticites. The D- and the L-enantiomers alone, and a 50:50 mixture of the two, all show identical antifreeze activity, but the enantiomeric forms ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wen D,Laursen RA

更新日期：1993-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The YukD protein in Bacillus subtilis was identified in a hidden Markov model (HMM) search as being related in sequence to ubiquitin. By solving the crystal structure we show that YukD adopts a fold that is most closely related to ubiquitin, yet has the shortest C-terminal tail of all known ubiquitin-like proteins. Th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van den Ent F,Löwe J

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blinded, placebo-controlled cross-over trial was carried out with 27 hypercholesterolemic men with coronary heart disease. During the 6-week treatment period lovastatin (60 mg/day) decreased fasting serum LDL cholesterol by 45%, LDL phosphorus by 38% and apoB by 33%. Ubiquinol content diminished by 13% as mea...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Palomäki A,Malminiemi K,Metsä-Ketelä T

更新日期：1997-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of differentiation in HL-60 and U-937 leukemic cell lines, resulted in 1.5-10-fold increase in 45Ca2+ uptake. The increased 45Ca2+ uptake in the differentiating cells was inhibited by verapamil, cromolyn and amiloride. Elevation in Ca2+ uptake in differentiating cells was also demonstrated using the fluoresc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rephaeli A,Aviram A,Englender T,Shaklai M

更新日期：1988-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human kallikrein 8 (KLK8) is a member of the human kallikrein gene family of serine proteases, and its protein, hK8, has recently been suggested to serve as a new ovarian cancer marker. To gain insights into the physiological role of hK8, the active recombinant enzyme was obtained in a pure state for biochemical and e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rajapakse S,Ogiwara K,Takano N,Moriyama A,Takahashi T

更新日期：2005-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible regulation of the expression of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mRNA by thyroid hormones in different tissues was examined in rats. Triiodothyronine (T3) was found to produce an organ-specific enhancement of UCP2 expression in rat tissues. The effect of T3 was markedly observed in heart, whereas a moderate ef...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lanni A,De Felice M,Lombardi A,Moreno M,Fleury C,Ricquier D,Goglia F

更新日期：1997-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the leptin receptor gene has been examined in mouse hypothalamus and other brain regions by in situ hybridization. With a probe recognizing all the known splice variants, receptor mRNA was evident in several brain regions (cortex, hippocampus, thalamus), with strong expression in the hypothalamus (arcuat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mercer JG,Hoggard N,Williams LM,Lawrence CB,Hannah LT,Trayhurn P

更新日期：1996-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) may be involved in growth regulation. In the present study the relationship between body weight, and thereby age, and the activity of PKC in muscle as well as in rapidly growing overloaded muscle were investigated. PKC activity in music was linearly inversely correlated to rat weight in both sol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Richter EA,Nielsen NB

更新日期：1991-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) sequences of 33 GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) obtained from different geographic areas were determined through reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and dideoxy chain termination sequencing, the alignment of sequences, the estimation of the number of nucleotide ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mukaide M,Mizokami M,Orito E,Ohba K,Nakano T,Ueda R,Hikiji K,Iino S,Shapiro S,Lahat N,Park YM,Kim BS,Oyunsuren T,Rezieg M,Al-Ahdal MN,Lau JY

更新日期：1997-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Revised assignments for the bilayer helices of the beta-, gamma- and delta-subunits of the acetylcholine receptor are presented. A new feature of the model is extensive charge matching between the polar groups of the ion channel elements of different subunits. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kosower EM

更新日期：1984-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated transactivation by NANOG in regulating growth and differentiation factor 3 (GDF3) expression in NCCIT cells. GDF3 expression was affected by shRNA-mediated downregulation and by exogenous overexpression of NANOG specifically, as well as by retinoic acid-mediated differentiation. GDF3 transcription was ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park SW,Lim HY,Do HJ,Sung B,Huh SH,Uhm SJ,Song H,Chung HJ,Kim JH,Kim NH,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) is a potent antagonist of caspases, and functions as a ubiquitin-E3 ligase by itself and for caspases. Recently, NEDD8, a ubiquitin-like modifier, has been suggested to be used for modification of caspase-7 mediated by XIAP. However, it is not clear whether caspase-7 is a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nagano T,Hashimoto T,Nakashima A,Kikkawa U,Kamada S

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified and purified a nucleolar phosphoprotein, nucleophosmin/B23, as a stimulatory factor for replication from the adenovirus chromatin. We show here that nucleophosmin/B23 functions as a histone chaperone protein such as nucleoplasmin, TAF-I, and NAP-I. Nucleophosmin/B23 was shown to bind to histon...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okuwaki M,Matsumoto K,Tsujimoto M,Nagata K

更新日期：2001-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The residues on MAP kinase kinase-1 (MAPKK1) phosphorylated by MAP kinase in vitro have been identified as Thr-291 and Thr-385. Both threonines are phosphorylated in PC12 cells and the 32P-labelling of each residue increases after stimulation with nerve growth factor (NGF). The results establish that MAPKK1 is a physi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saito Y,Gomez N,Campbell DG,Ashworth A,Marshall CJ,Cohen P

更新日期：1994-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside modifications in tRNA anticodons regulate ribosome dynamics during translation elongation and, thereby, fine-tune global protein synthesis rates. The highly conserved eukaryotic Elongator complex conducts specific C5-substitutions in tRNA wobble base uridines. It harbors two copies of each of its six indivi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dauden MI,Jaciuk M,Müller CW,Glatt S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporary inhibition of the cysteine proteinases papain and cathepsin L was observed with several hairpin loop mutants of recombinant chicken cystatin at enzyme concentrations above nanomolar. Kinetic modelling of inhibition data, gel electrophoresis and amino acid sequencing revealed that reappearance of papain activ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Machleidt W,Nägler DK,Assfalg-Machleidt I,Stubbs MT,Fritz H,Auerswald EA

更新日期：1995-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding the isoform I alpha of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase were isolated from a bovine trachea smooth muscle cDNA library constructed in lambda gt10. The deduced protein sequence is identical with the protein sequence obtained by Edman degradation of the bovine lung enzyme [(1984) Biochemistry 23, 4207-42...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wernet W,Flockerzi V,Hofmann F

更新日期：1989-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbohydrate binding properties of jacalin lectin were examined using RAF9 cell-derived D-[6-3H]glucosamine-radiolabeled total glycopeptides containing N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides. The binding of N-linked glycopeptides to jacalin was abolished by treatment of alpha-galactosidase whereas O-linked glycope...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Do SI,Lee KY

更新日期：1998-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolides are a group of antibiotics structurally characterized by a macrocyclic lactone to which one or several deoxy-sugar moieties are attached. The sugar moieties are transferred to the different aglycones by glycosyltransferases (GTF). The OleI GTF of an oleandomycin producer, Streptomyces antibioticus, catalyze...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Quirós LM,Carbajo RJ,Salas JA

更新日期：2000-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of mitogenic factor (protein) was purified from the culture supernatant of a strain of Streptococcus pyogenes by SP-Sephadex C-25 column chromatography, preparative isoelectric focusing and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The purified factor, showing marked mitogenic activity in rabbi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yutsudo T,Murai H,Gonzalez J,Takao T,Shimonishi Y,Takeda Y,Igarashi H,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1992-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we cloned rat MRP3 as a candidate for an inducible transporter for the biliary excretion of organic anions [Hirohashi et al. (1998) Mol. Pharmacol. 53, 1068-10751. In the present study, we cloned human MRP3 (1527 amino acids) from Caco-2 cells. Human MRP3 is predominantly expressed in liver, small intestin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kiuchi Y,Suzuki H,Hirohashi T,Tyson CA,Sugiyama Y

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:There are now at least 14 distinct diseases linked to germ line mutations in the 21 genes that encode the connexin (Cx) family of gap junction proteins. This review focuses on the links between germ-line mutations in the gene encoding Cx43 (GJA1) and the human disease termed oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD). This di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Laird DW

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A change in the conformational plasticity of α-Synuclein (α-Syn) is hypothesised to be a key step in the pathogenic mechanism of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we report the study of extracellular α-Syn interaction with whole cells and membranes isolated from the neuronal SH-SY5Y cells, exploiting NMR and CD spectros...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Smaldone G,Diana D,Pollegioni L,Di Gaetano S,Fattorusso R,Pedone E

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-expression of the two genes encoding the alpha- and beta-subunit of the Thermoplasma acidophilum thermosome in Escherichia coli yielded fully assembled hetero-oligomeric complexes (alpha+beta). Surprisingly, also separate expression of both genes resulted in formation of hexadecameric complexes (alpha, beta) in the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Waldmann T,Nitsch M,Klumpp M,Baumeister W

更新日期：1995-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), an endogenous NAD+ metabolite in many mammalian and invertebrate tissues, is a potent mediator of calcium mobilization in sea urchin eggs. Our results show that cADPR also stimulates calcium release from rat brain microsomes, marked release occurring over the concentration range 10-250 nM. T...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： White AM,Watson SP,Galione A

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation in solution of the biantennary complex type oligosaccharide unit derived from human serotransferrin has been investigated using 1H-1H Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NOE) measurements at 300 MHz. From quantitation of the NOE, the alpha(1-3) antenna is shown to exist in a preferred solution conformation wit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Homans SW,Dwek RA,Fernandes DL,Rademacher TW

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00